News archive for July, 2006

Results 41 - 50 of about 181 news for the month of July, 2006.

Home stager to stage furniture sale

July 27th, 2006

The Honolulu koa furniture company Martin & MacArthur, knowing that “stagers” arrange furniture in homes to stage their for sale, has hired one for its own furniture sale.
Charene Davis of Aloha Staged Homes will stage the Martin & MacArthur workshop and showroom on Kahai St. The sale begins Friday.
It is a new [...]

Furniture Deals and Steals moves in at Highway 16 location

July 27th, 2006

A red and white sign denotes the presence of a new business on Highway 16 in West Salem.
Taking over the former Hometown Furniture building is a store selling the same type of goods, at a lower price.
Furniture Deals and Steals is now occupying the site. Manager Bill Klabunde said the new store has a different [...]

Angola: Country Invited to Attend Furniture Exhibition in Lisbon

July 27th, 2006

Angola was invited to participate on November 22- 26 this year in Portugal, in the Furniture Showroom of Lisbon (SIL) to present its projects in this area and attract investment.
The invite was made by SIL, a Portuguese institution that exhibited, nine years ago, in the International Fair of Lisbon (FIL), several pieces of furniture for [...]

Barbour says state must help replace lost furniture making jobs

July 26th, 2006

Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday that the Appalachian Regional Commission and Mississippi Development Authority should be praised for their job creation efforts, but warned that further work must be done to replace the shrinking furniture manufacturing industry in North Mississippi.
“There is a lot of good news of economic development in the Golden Triangle,” Barbour said [...]

Family-owned furniture store expands to Virginia

July 25th, 2006

The 20,000-square-foot store in Danville is a key piece of Badcock’s expansion market plans, which began last year when the company opened a distribution center in Mebane, N.C. The 102-year-old, family-owned furniture retailer has invested more than $15 million as it plans future expansion throughout Virginia and into eastern North Carolina and Kentucky.
Initially, Mulberry-based [...]

McCray looks to expand one-man operation

July 25th, 2006

Tyler McCray never thought he’d find himself in the business of selling furniture. But when the opportunity to become part of a successful store franchise came his way, he says he couldn’t pass it up.
McCray, 28, is the owner of Furniture 4 Le$$ at 1855 Southpark Blvd. The store, which opened in March, is one [...]

Furniture Row® Shopping Center in St. George, Utah, Opens Saturday, July 29

July 25th, 2006

Furniture Row® Companies is expanding their National presence with the addition of a new Furniture Row Shopping Center located in St. George at 1500 Sunland Drive, off of northbound I-15, just after the South Bluff Street exit. The Center will contain four specialty furniture stores in one convenient location. The stores brands include Oak [...]

Overhauled furniture store keeps local feel

July 25th, 2006

When Bratton’s Home Furnishings became Ashley Furniture Homestore in June, it gained world-class style and managed to keep a local feel.
Rodney Bratton and Tad Lanford own and operate San Angelo’s Bratton’s Bargain City and franchise store Ashley Furniture. Bratton serves as the chief executive officer of Bratton’s, and his business partner, Lanford, is the CEO [...]

Furniture for the famous, Afton craftsmen create unique seats

July 25th, 2006

You will not find this custom-made furniture in your local store, but it can be found in the homes of Jennifer Lopez and Tom Cruise. In fact, Szabo Upholstery, a family business in Afton, claims clientele as varied as Hillary Clinton, Pope Benedict XVI and royalty.
They hand-make their furniture, often for the famous furniture [...]

Wickes Furniture ‘Steals the Show’

July 24th, 2006

Wickes Furniture today launches its first advertising aimed at Hispanic consumers. The ads from Lapiz debut here and in Los Angeles.
After winning the Carol Stream Ill.-based client in June, the team at the Chicago shop developed the tagline, “Muebles que se roban el show” (”Furniture that steals the show”). The TV campaign was inspired by [...]